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NARRATOR: All over the world,
governments are now
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openly investigating
unidentified flying objects.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
We've seen a dramatic increase
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in UFO reports in a number
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of countries around the world.
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NARRATOR:
From democracies
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to dictatorships,
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world leaders
have begun releasing
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secret and still
unexplained video evidence.
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JEREMY CORBELL: Even
in a closed country like China,
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what we're seeing
is acknowledgment
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of the UFO phenomenon.
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NARRATOR:
But why are governments
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that once denied UFOs
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suddenly launching
serious inquiries?
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And if the new spirit
of openness spreads,
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where might that lead?
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NICK POPE: After nearly 80
years of denying and debunking,
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you have international
cooperation and liaison.
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This is governments
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acknowledging
that there's a potential threat
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and that something
needs to be done.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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The United States government
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breaks a 70-year precedent
of denying UFOs
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and releases
a groundbreaking report
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on unidentified
aerial phenomena.
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The nine-page
unclassified document
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identifies 144 UAP incidents
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and concludes
that only one of them
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can be explained.
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JOHN PODESTA:
For the first time,
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you actually had
the U.S. government
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putting out physical evidence
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that any person
in the United States
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or around the globe
could click on
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and see and say,
"Okay, what's that about?"
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And I think you're left
with the impression
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that this is
something extremely unusual,
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highly unlikely
that it's sourced
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to a foreign government
or to the U.S. government.
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And, therefore,
you're left with what?
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GEORGE KNAPP:
I hope
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that because of
the recent openness
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of the U.S. government,
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some of our allies
will take a cue from that.
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These things
are not an American phenomena.
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They are seen
all over the world.
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They've been seen
on every continent,
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in every culture
throughout human history.
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The fact is that Russia,
like the U.S., like China,
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like most other
world governments,
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has been interested
in this topic forever.
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CHILDRESS:
In the last few years,
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we've seen a dramatic increase
in UFO reports
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in a number of countries
around the world.
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In South America.
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Also in Iran and the Philippines
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and Japan and even China.
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When I look at the best cases
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of military pilots,
commercial pilots
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all over the world
caught on radar,
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ground radar,
ground and airborne radar,
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multiple aircraft
ground and airborne radar,
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it's clearly
a worldwide phenomenon.
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NARRATOR:
While the United States
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officially denied
investigating UAPs
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until 2017,
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some nations
had always been ahead
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in their approach
to the subject.
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Leading the world
in UAP research
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is the South American country
of Chile.
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In 1997,
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the Chilean government
officially instructed
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air traffic control
and military personnel
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to create
the Committee for the Study
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of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena.
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The committee studies
all reports of UAP activity
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by commercial,
military and civilian pilots.
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One of the most well-publicized
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was a shocking incident
that occurred in 2014
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when Chilean naval officers
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flying along the coast
of Santiago
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captured video of a UAP.
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ALEJANDRO ROJAS:
There was an incident
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in 2014
where a military helicopter
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got video of a strange object.
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It kind of looked like
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a rocket with some sort of plume
behind it.
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And they said they were
at about 4,500 feet.
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RICHARD DOLAN:
They have nine minutes
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of fairly clear video
that exists on this.
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The Chilean military
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and they were not able
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HESELTINE:
Chile,
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like many other
South American countries,
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seem to be far more open
to the idea
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that there are objects
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
I think one of the reasons
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why South American countries
are more open-minded
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about the UFO and
the extraterrestrial question
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is because it is part
of their cultural heritage.
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In fact, Peru
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and Bolivia,
they're treasure troves
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for the ancient
astronaut theory.
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The whole pre-Inca culture
and even the Inca culture spoke
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of these beings of light
that descended from the sky.
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And so, these countries
essentially grew up
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with this intrinsic knowledge
of someone up in the sky.
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Brazil has had a history of
really dramatic UFO encounters.
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Chile, I think Uruguay,
maybe, as well.
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But the whole world didn't
pay much attention to it.
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NARRATOR:
In addition to South America,
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now other parts of the world
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are also starting to disclose
information about UFOs.
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Governments are openly
investigating encounters
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reported by both civilians
and military personnel.
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But many researchers believe
the most noteworthy country
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to join this international
effort is also
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one of the most skeptical:
Japan.
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In 2018, the Japanese government
released an official statement
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denying the existence of UFOs.
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For the longest time in Japan,
those in charge,
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those at the top
of the defense departments
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have denied UFOs,
showed a disinterest in UFOs,
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basically a complete dismissal
of the UFO topic completely.
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GREG SULLIVAN: The Japanese
government made a sudden press release
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that was said they would not
recognize any UFO encounters
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or extraterrestrial presence
on Earth
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or in the airspace of Japan.
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I thought this was very strange,
as we had already interviewed
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two pilots, uh, who had several
i-incidents and, uh, testimonies
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that they gave us regarding
various pilots' encounters
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in the air and from the ground
over the years
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when they were active
in the military.
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NARRATOR: Mamoru Sato,
a former wing commander
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in the Japanese
Self-Defense Force,
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said that he regularly heard
stories from other pilots
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as well as civilians
about UAP sightings.
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(speaking Japanese)
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TRANSLATOR:
Some people said,
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"There's something strange
up there."
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There were a lot
of opportunities
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to see inexplicable things,
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such as UFOs
that were monitoring the sky
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and training in the sky.
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And it was my subjective view
that we should make a report
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and organize these things
as correct data.
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But even when this happened,
it was only shared
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among colleagues
and not reported publicly.
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NARRATOR: According
to Sato, numerous pilots
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have reported
highly unusual encounters
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with what they described
as cigar-shaped objects.
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During one such incident,
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a student
in his fighter pilot course
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even lost control of his craft.
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(speaking Japanese)
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SATO (translated): He said,
"The aircraft started going crazy."
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The alarm rang to indicate
that something was wrong
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with the machine.
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I saw a cigar-shaped object
flying
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about 1,500 meters high
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The anomaly continued
until it disappeared.
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NARRATOR: For years,
pilots in the Japanese military
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were instructed to remain silent
about such incidents.
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But in September 2020,
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Japan's decades-long policy
of secrecy and denial
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came to an end
when Defense Minister Taro Kono
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tasked the Japanese
Self-Defense Forces
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to make a visual recording
of any encounter
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with an unexplained craft.
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Many believe
this very public shift in policy
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was prompted by a meeting
held one month earlier
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between Minister Kono
and his U.S. counterpart
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
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The Japanese,
after this meeting,
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uh, gave a press conference.
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And they said one
of the topics that came up
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was unidentified
aerial phenomena.
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And we talked about
the need to cooperate on this.
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That's a major development,
I think,
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when you have close allies
like the U.S. and Japan
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openly speaking about the UFO
issue and agreeing to cooperate.
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We've come so far in such
a short amount of time.
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RYAN SPRAGUE:
The fact that Japan denied
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that there was UFO activity
happening in their country,
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and now they're establishing
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the Japanese
Space Operations Squadron
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says to me that there
clearly is something going on
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over the skies of Japan.
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NARRATOR: Ancient
astronaut theorists suggest
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governments throughout the world
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are finally beginning
to acknowledge
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that there may be objects
in our skies
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that are not of this Earth,
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and they say
that when it comes to promoting
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investigation and transparency,
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one of the biggest proponents is
also one of the most unlikely:
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the royal family of Britain.
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NARRATOR: At a meeting
of the House of Lords--
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The second chamber
of Parliament--
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Minister of Defence,
Baroness Annabel Goldie,
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is questioned about
the just-released report
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on unidentified aerial phenomena
issued by the United States,
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and is asked if the U.K. plans
on issuing a report of its own.
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HESELTINE: Baroness Goldie
answered in a way that said
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that there is no threat.
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She was very careful
how she phrased it.
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She said there has never
been a "proven" threat.
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Reading between the lines,
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that said to me
that unless these things
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are gonna start
shooting at our aeroplanes,
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they're not considered a threat.
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NARRATOR: But while the
British Parliament has no plans
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to release its own UAP report,
it was recently discovered
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that for more than 70 years,
UFO activity
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was closely monitored
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by some of the most prominent
members of the royal family.
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April 9, 2021.
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Prince Philip,
Duke of Edinburgh,
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passes away at the age of 99.
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As publications across the world
report on his incredible life,
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it comes to light
that the prince
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had a long-held fascination
with the UFO phenomenon.
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When Prince Philip died
in the spring of 2021,
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there was a bit of a surprise
to the British public,
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and that was that Prince Philip
had a huge collection
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of books on UFOs that went
right back to the mid-1940s.
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DOLAN: He had an associate
named Sir Peter Horsley
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who was a former RAF pilot.
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He was a good friend
of Prince Philip,
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and back in the mid-1950s,
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was charged by the prince
to do a lot of research
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into this whole
flying saucer situation.
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POPE:
The two of them over the years
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researched and investigated
this quietly,
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kept an eye
on all the developments,
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secretly subscribed to various
UFO magazines and newsletters,
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and even had witnesses
interviewed.
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But a lot of this, of course,
was highly sensitive.
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I mean, here you have
the queen's husband,
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Prince Philip,
Duke of Edinburgh,
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researching
and investigating UFOs.
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Had the news got out, it would
have caused a sensation.
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NARRATOR: While those
within the UFO community
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had long been aware of
Prince Philip's investigations
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into strange phenomena,
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most of the public only
learned of it with his passing.
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And it also came to light
that another member
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of the British royal family
was responsible
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for one of Great Britain's
earliest UFO reports.
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Hampshire, England, 1955.
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On the morning
of February 23rd, at 8:30 a.m.,
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bricklayer Frederick Briggs
is riding his bike
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when he encounters
a startling sight,
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an enormous object in the sky
above his employer's estate.
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POPE:
He said this thing was huge,
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it was hovering a short distance
above the ground,
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some sort of column descended
and a figure emerged,
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a humanoid figure wearing
some sort of dark uniform
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and-and perhaps wearing
a hat or a helmet.
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And at one point he talks
about a force
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knocking him off his bicycle
and holding him down.
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He talks about the UFO
as having windows
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around the side of it,
and seeing a strange light.
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It's a quite
extraordinary account.
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This close encounter event
was so remarkable
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to Fred Briggs that he thought
it was necessary
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to tell the actual owner
of this estate.
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And that just so happened
to be Lord Mountbatten,
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who was the uncle
of Prince Philip,
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who was married
to Queen Elizabeth.
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NARRATOR: At the time of the
sighting, Lord Louis Mountbatten,
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former governor general
of India,
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was the first sea lord
of the British Royal Navy.
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This is a UFO sighting
at the home
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of one of the most
senior figures
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in the British establishment.
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We know so much about this
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because they recorded
the whole thing.
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They actually took a statement
from the bricklayer,
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Lord Mountbatten
wrote up a report,
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they all signed them all.
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DOLAN: This, apparently,
was a very credible account,
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according to Lord Mountbatten.
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And he talked extensively
to Prince Philip about this.
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I mean, you have to assume
this whole thing
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went through the entire
royal household.
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You have to assume Queen
Elizabeth knew all about this.
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LINDA MOULTON HOWE: Lord
Mountbatten would have access
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as friends and colleagues
to the people in the MOD
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who were keeping the secret
information about UFOs and ETs.
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And that is my guess,
is the fuel
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that kept Prince Philip
so interested
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because they were
telling each other,
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"This is real, this is true."
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NARRATOR: While the royal
family was secretly investigating UFOs
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in the 1950s, so, too,
was the British government.
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In 1988, researchers
unearthed a five-page report
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from 1951, buried
in the National Archive,
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detailing the findings
of a group called
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the Flying Saucer Working Party.
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One of the British
government's first forays
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into the whole UFO mystery was
the Flying Saucer Working Party.
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It examined a range
of UFO sightings
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mainly reported
by military witnesses.
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HESELTINE: The Flying Saucer Working
Party met briefly for about 12 months.
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It comprised of five scientists,
and it was--
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Originally met
in October of 1950,
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and by June of 1951,
had produced a report.
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And the report basically said,
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"We're gonna debunk it,
following America's lead."
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DOLAN: I've always
interpreted this report
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as orders from above.
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You know, someone said, "Look,
we don't need the lower levels,
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uh, to start getting worked up
over these UFO reports."
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NARRATOR: The Flying Saucer
Working Party was shut down
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following the 1951 report,
but it inspired interest
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from prominent figures
within the British government,
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and led to further
investigations.
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POPE:
In 1952, Winston Churchill,
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back as prime minister
in the U.K.,
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said to the Air Ministry and
to his chief scientific adviser,
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"What does all this stuff
about flying saucers mean?"
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Just the year after
Churchill wrote that memo,
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the Ministry of Defence
actually set up the UFO program
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where I worked in later years.
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The government's
official position was,
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"There's nothing here to suggest
a reality to the phenomenon."
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I think the reality behind
closed doors was very different.
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And there have always been
those of us who felt
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this was
an extremely serious defense
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and national security issue.
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NARRATOR:
While the British government
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continues to be less
than forthcoming
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regarding its UFO
investigations,
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perhaps the world's
best model of transparency
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has emerged just across
the English Channel.
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In France, collaborative
efforts by space,
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military and government agencies
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have recently uncovered more
than 400 encounters
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that remain
entirely unexplained.
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NARRATOR: The National
Centre for Space Studies
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establishes an organization
to record eyewitness accounts
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of abnormal phenomena
observed in the sky.
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Known today as GEIPAN,
which, translated,
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stands for The Group
for Studies and Information
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on Unidentified Aerospace
Phenomena,
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the unit has amassed
more than 100,000 pages' worth
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of UAP reports.
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And in 2007, the group
did something unprecedented.
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It shared all of its files
with the public.
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France is quite unorthodox
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when it comes to how governments
are dealing with UFOs.
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They released
all their UFO data.
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And they said,
"Here's where we're at.
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"As we get new information,
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we're just gonna release it
to you, the public."
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They did something that
no one had ever done before.
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It was the first time
it had ever happened.
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CORBELL:
France is one of these countries
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that, both culturally
and also governmentally,
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have made a point to be
in front of the UFO issue.
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This is a rarity
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because of the national security
implications,
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but it shows us an opportunity
where the public can be informed
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alongside the government
with the fundamental reality
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that UFOs are real,
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that the presence on planet
Earth has been durational.
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It has been here a long time.
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And there is a mystery
that we need to look at.
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It is our right to know
and our duty to find out.
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NARRATOR: GEIPAN posted
information on their website
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on over 1,600 cases
and concluded that 28% of them
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cannot be explained
by conventional events.
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And a number of these
unexplained sightings
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were reported
by multiple witnesses.
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One of the most sensational
encounters took place
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more than 45 years ago
on a clear,
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cloudless night
at a combat flight school
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to the southwest of Paris.
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There was an incident
on March 3, 1976,
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when French fighter pilots were
engaged in a training mission.
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Every five minutes,
T-33 planes were taking off
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from the air base near Tours.
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NARRATOR: Flying solo
at an altitude of 20,000 feet,
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each student pilot
had to navigate a route
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of several hundred miles.
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CHILDRESS:
One of these pilots was flying
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with-with several other flights
just behind him.
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He suddenly saw
this huge, green fireball...
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coming straight at him.
402
00:21:19,102 --> 00:21:22,438
And in fact, he thought that
it was going to hit his plane,
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and he covered his eyes
and braced for impact,
404
00:21:25,951 --> 00:21:29,194
and just then,
this green fireball
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went off to one side
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and clipped the wing
of his jet fighter.
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He was amazed that he had
actually survived this,
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and had no idea what happened,
but two pilots behind him
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had seen the same thing.
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HENRY: Nothing was recorded
on the radar on the ground,
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but the fact remains,
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is that highly trained
military pilots saw this object.
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They couldn't explain
what they actually saw.
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NARRATOR:
Commercial airline pilots
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were also involved
in an extraordinary incident
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that occurred
over the French capital.
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This time
the reported UFO encounter
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took place in broad daylight.
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HENRY:
On January 28, 1994,
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Air France flight 3532
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was flying from Nice, France
to London, England.
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They were just over Paris
when, all of a sudden,
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the pilots reported seeing
an orangish-reddish disc
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about 30 miles away
that was changing its form.
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HOWE:
It transforms into a bell,
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from a bell into a lens,
from a lens back into a bell.
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And they kept
watching this transformation,
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which today, we know, this is
one of the key signatures
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in the UFO phenomena.
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CHILDRESS: Later, when
they made their report,
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they found out that radar
had also tracked this disc,
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and they had no explanation
for it at all.
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HENRY: These are just two
examples of the 400 incidents
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that could not be explained.
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NARRATOR: France's decision
to share its data with the public
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is unprecedented.
437
00:23:12,307 --> 00:23:16,135
Then again, their entire
approach to UAPs stands
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in stark contrast to the way
the rest of the world operates.
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00:23:20,056 --> 00:23:24,652
POPE: If you look at the history
of government UFO programs,
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most nations that have had one
embed those programs
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in either the air force
or the department of defense.
442
00:23:32,569 --> 00:23:34,078
The French have
a different model.
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Their UFO program is embedded
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in their national space agency.
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GREENSTREET: And they're
provided with data from the military.
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And so, it's this trilateral
commission, almost,
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of space, public, military
and government working together
448
00:23:54,174 --> 00:23:57,926
to release to the public
current information on UFOs.
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00:23:58,019 --> 00:24:01,597
POPE:
What you get is a less secretive
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and threat-orientated approach,
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00:24:05,518 --> 00:24:08,854
and a more open
scientific inquiry.
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If you embed a UFO program
in the military,
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their first question is,
"Is this a threat?"
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If you embed it
in the scientific community,
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their question is, "What is the
true nature of this phenomenon,
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and can we do any scientific
experiments to validate this?"
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00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:28,707
So, if you look at the way
things are done in France,
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that might be a model
for the future here in the U.S.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
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hope that France's collaborative
approach to UAP investigations
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becomes the norm
around the world.
462
00:24:40,970 --> 00:24:43,722
But even as more nations
seem willing
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00:24:43,815 --> 00:24:46,734
to share information about UAPs,
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00:24:46,818 --> 00:24:50,395
China, the Western world's
most secretive adversary,
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remains mostly silent.
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00:24:53,158 --> 00:24:55,234
Recent developments, however,
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00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:58,162
suggest they know more
than they are letting on.
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NARRATOR:
Hangzhou, China,
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July 7, 2010.
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Air traffic at Xiaoshan
International Airport,
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one of the busiest in the
entire nation, grinds to a halt
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00:25:17,757 --> 00:25:21,477
when pilots spot a UFO
hovering over the runway.
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DOLAN: You have Chinese pilots
coming into the airport there
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and they actually are reporting
unusual-shaped object,
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unusual object maneuvering,
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00:25:31,279 --> 00:25:33,939
uh, to the extent
that i-it prompted the airport
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to essentially shut down
for an hour.
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I think there were 18 flights
that were diverted away
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from the airport
during that hour.
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There was a lot of speculation
as to what this thing was,
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and we don't really have
an answer to this day.
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NARRATOR: Neither civilian
nor military authorities
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were able to identify
the object,
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and the Chinese government
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made no official comment
on the situation.
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But behind the scenes,
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00:26:14,731 --> 00:26:16,490
the incident
and its implications
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00:26:16,649 --> 00:26:18,659
worried Chinese officials,
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00:26:18,743 --> 00:26:22,079
and an investigation
was launched.
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CHILDRESS: That incident
really shocked the Chinese.
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And at that point they thought,
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00:26:27,335 --> 00:26:29,211
"Okay, we've got to see
what's going on here."
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NARRATOR: For decades, investigators
around the world suspected China
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had a deep interest in
unidentified aerial phenomena.
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00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:42,933
But the Chinese government
is historically secretive,
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00:26:43,018 --> 00:26:46,437
and members of the UFO community
have had difficulty
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00:26:46,521 --> 00:26:50,515
obtaining information on
their methods of UAP research.
498
00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:52,192
POPE:
It's very difficult
499
00:26:52,352 --> 00:26:54,770
to extract reliable information
500
00:26:54,863 --> 00:26:59,274
about what countries like China
are doing in relation to UFOs.
501
00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,368
About the only thing
we know for sure
502
00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:04,780
is that there are government
programs looking at this.
503
00:27:04,864 --> 00:27:07,708
The Chinese government
is notoriously closed
504
00:27:07,792 --> 00:27:10,878
and secretive
on a range of issues,
505
00:27:11,037 --> 00:27:13,789
so it doesn't surprise me that
it's the case on UFOs as well.
506
00:27:13,882 --> 00:27:15,957
NARRATOR:
But in the 21st century,
507
00:27:16,051 --> 00:27:19,553
secrets have become
harder and harder to keep.
508
00:27:19,712 --> 00:27:23,632
The UFO sighting
at Xiaoshan Airport
509
00:27:23,716 --> 00:27:26,560
was only one of over 3,000
reported in China
510
00:27:26,719 --> 00:27:29,888
over the past two decades.
511
00:27:29,972 --> 00:27:33,317
And in the years that followed
the sightings at Hangzhou,
512
00:27:33,476 --> 00:27:35,727
China has undergone
a significant change
513
00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:39,323
in its approach to UAPs.
514
00:27:42,985 --> 00:27:45,570
China's Early Warning Academy,
515
00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:48,499
a division of the People's
Liberation Army Air Force,
516
00:27:48,583 --> 00:27:51,919
issues a government report
acknowledging an increase
517
00:27:52,003 --> 00:27:55,506
in what they refer to as
"unidentified air conditions."
518
00:28:03,339 --> 00:28:05,006
MICHAEL DENNIN:
So, in China, what we call
519
00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:07,259
"unidentified aerial phenomena,"
they call
520
00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:09,353
"unidentified air conditions,"
521
00:28:09,437 --> 00:28:11,355
and they've set up
new task force to look at this.
522
00:28:21,190 --> 00:28:22,941
DOLAN: China's getting
a lot of UFO reports,
523
00:28:23,025 --> 00:28:25,110
and one interesting thing
about what China does
524
00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:28,706
to collect UFO reports
is that they work very closely
525
00:28:28,790 --> 00:28:33,118
with all of these independent
Chinese UFO groups
526
00:28:33,202 --> 00:28:35,120
that are around the country.
527
00:28:35,204 --> 00:28:37,038
KNAPP:
Their public has UFO clubs
528
00:28:37,123 --> 00:28:39,550
that have a million
or more members.
529
00:28:39,634 --> 00:28:42,043
They have multiple clubs
that are so much bigger
530
00:28:42,137 --> 00:28:44,304
than our little,
tiny UFO groups--
531
00:28:44,464 --> 00:28:47,132
MUFON and things like that--
Which are very valuable.
532
00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:49,468
But compared to these
Chinese groups, oh, my gosh.
533
00:28:49,552 --> 00:28:50,561
It's-it's gigantic.
534
00:28:52,138 --> 00:28:54,139
DOLAN: There's no problem
in China for you to start up
535
00:28:54,223 --> 00:28:59,403
your own UFO group,
but you are absolutely
536
00:28:59,487 --> 00:29:02,156
going to be in communication
with Chinese authorities.
537
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,909
And they actively monitor
every one of those groups.
538
00:29:07,662 --> 00:29:10,831
NARRATOR:
In 2019, in the same report
539
00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:13,492
that revealed
China's UAP program,
540
00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:16,828
Air Force Early Warning
Academy researcher Chen Li
541
00:29:16,921 --> 00:29:19,840
also stated that the country
would become the first
542
00:29:19,924 --> 00:29:23,668
in the world to use A.I.,
or artificial intelligence,
543
00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:27,672
to analyze all information
related to UAPs.
544
00:29:27,757 --> 00:29:32,177
POPE: It seems that they are
looking for patterns in the data
545
00:29:32,261 --> 00:29:37,691
to see historically whether
examination of past reports
546
00:29:37,850 --> 00:29:39,434
can throw up any patterns
547
00:29:39,527 --> 00:29:41,945
that human analysts
might have missed.
548
00:29:42,030 --> 00:29:44,356
And this is a very important
aspect for the future,
549
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,284
as the technology improves.
550
00:29:47,443 --> 00:29:50,704
One of the things in the recent
report to the U.S. Congress
551
00:29:50,863 --> 00:29:54,374
was that the United States
needs to start doing this.
552
00:29:54,459 --> 00:29:57,369
We don't want a situation
where the Chinese government
553
00:29:57,453 --> 00:29:58,954
gets ahead of the game,
554
00:29:59,038 --> 00:30:01,215
so there's a gap
to be closed there.
555
00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:07,137
DOLAN: I can easily see
the benefit from having
556
00:30:07,222 --> 00:30:12,559
a very, very excellent program
to analyze these patterns.
557
00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:13,811
'Cause that's what
you're looking for,
558
00:30:13,970 --> 00:30:15,062
is you're looking
for anomalous patterns.
559
00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:17,305
And so, the fact
that China is announcing
560
00:30:17,390 --> 00:30:19,558
that they're doing it
was quite significant.
561
00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:23,311
CHILDRESS: The Chinese
have really stepped up
562
00:30:23,404 --> 00:30:27,482
their own official
UFO investigations,
563
00:30:27,567 --> 00:30:30,485
and it's the People's
Liberation Army itself
564
00:30:30,570 --> 00:30:32,404
that's spearheading this.
565
00:30:32,488 --> 00:30:35,907
NARRATOR:
Could events in China indicate
566
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,752
that there is a global mandate
to share information
567
00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:42,080
about unidentified
aerial phenomena?
568
00:30:42,173 --> 00:30:45,417
While it may appear that
governments around the world
569
00:30:45,501 --> 00:30:47,177
are becoming more transparent,
570
00:30:47,262 --> 00:30:49,754
shocking statements
recently made
571
00:30:49,839 --> 00:30:51,932
by a pioneer
of space exploration
572
00:30:52,016 --> 00:30:55,343
may indicate
that much bigger secrets,
573
00:30:55,436 --> 00:30:59,648
with far greater implications,
continue to be closely guarded.
574
00:31:06,772 --> 00:31:09,032
NARRATOR:
Tel Aviv, Israel,
575
00:31:09,117 --> 00:31:12,694
December 2020.
576
00:31:12,778 --> 00:31:16,707
General Haim Eshed,
the former head
577
00:31:16,866 --> 00:31:19,459
of Israel's defense ministry's
space directorate,
578
00:31:19,619 --> 00:31:23,297
sits for an interview with
the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
579
00:31:23,381 --> 00:31:26,717
What he reveals
is highly unexpected.
580
00:31:26,876 --> 00:31:29,136
General Eshed is quoted
as saying,
581
00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:32,556
"The UFOs have
asked not to disclose
582
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,382
"that they are here.
583
00:31:34,467 --> 00:31:37,311
The human race
is not ready for them."
584
00:31:37,470 --> 00:31:41,732
He then proceeds to divulge
even more shocking revelations.
585
00:31:43,151 --> 00:31:45,894
CHILDRESS:
Haim Eshed said that
586
00:31:45,978 --> 00:31:49,823
the Americans and the Israelis
and-and other Western nations
587
00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:53,485
are a part of a federation
with extraterrestrials.
588
00:31:53,569 --> 00:31:55,654
And what he described was
589
00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:57,989
something similar
to what's in Star Trek,
590
00:31:58,082 --> 00:32:03,754
a galactic federation
of extraterrestrials,
591
00:32:03,838 --> 00:32:09,426
and they are wanting Earth
to join this federation.
592
00:32:09,510 --> 00:32:14,014
Eshed was the head
of Israel's defense ministry
593
00:32:14,173 --> 00:32:16,591
space programs for 30 years.
594
00:32:16,676 --> 00:32:19,511
And so, this is
an extremely credible person
595
00:32:19,595 --> 00:32:21,688
with this information.
596
00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:25,100
KNAPP: I can't imagine
someone more credible in Israel
597
00:32:25,184 --> 00:32:27,519
than Haim Eshed
to make those statements.
598
00:32:27,603 --> 00:32:30,188
He was the head
of, uh, space security,
599
00:32:30,281 --> 00:32:33,951
he was a general, he was
a professor, an engineer.
600
00:32:34,035 --> 00:32:35,777
He knows his stuff.
601
00:32:35,861 --> 00:32:39,531
He knows what's ours and what
isn't flying around out there.
602
00:32:39,615 --> 00:32:43,043
HOWE: Haim Eshed is one
of the most fascinating humans
603
00:32:43,202 --> 00:32:44,795
on this planet.
604
00:32:44,954 --> 00:32:47,631
He was personally responsible
for the overseeing
605
00:32:47,715 --> 00:32:52,636
and the launch of 20
critical satellites in Israel.
606
00:32:52,795 --> 00:32:56,223
He's saying it,
"We are not alone,"
607
00:32:56,307 --> 00:32:59,226
and then comes the other twist.
608
00:32:59,310 --> 00:33:02,721
It isn't humans
that are holding it back.
609
00:33:02,805 --> 00:33:06,891
It's the extraterrestrial
biological entities
610
00:33:06,976 --> 00:33:13,148
who said humans are not ready
for the introduction yet.
611
00:33:13,232 --> 00:33:16,401
It is obvious now
612
00:33:16,494 --> 00:33:22,082
that we have to harness
the advanced technologies,
613
00:33:22,241 --> 00:33:28,088
to join forces and create
this world, a better world.
614
00:33:28,247 --> 00:33:30,999
When someone like that comes out
with a story like this,
615
00:33:31,092 --> 00:33:34,678
everyone should sit up
and take notice.
616
00:33:34,762 --> 00:33:36,504
And yet, for a lot of people,
they're not either
617
00:33:36,589 --> 00:33:39,257
aware of this
or just write this off
618
00:33:39,341 --> 00:33:41,435
because it just sounds
too crazy.
619
00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:43,762
And yet it comes from someone
620
00:33:43,855 --> 00:33:47,607
who has operated at the heart
of the establishment.
621
00:33:47,692 --> 00:33:50,861
NARRATOR: Despite
General Eshed's high status
622
00:33:51,020 --> 00:33:53,697
as the father
of the Israeli space program,
623
00:33:53,856 --> 00:33:55,949
government officials
around the world
624
00:33:56,108 --> 00:34:00,195
remained largely silent
about his sensational claims.
625
00:34:00,279 --> 00:34:02,781
But did they refrain
from commenting
626
00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:05,542
because they found his claims
to be outlandish
627
00:34:05,626 --> 00:34:09,713
or because they were
protecting the same secret?
628
00:34:09,797 --> 00:34:13,884
It cannot be dismissed offhand
because there were others.
629
00:34:13,968 --> 00:34:18,305
One of them is Canada's
defense minister Paul Hellyer,
630
00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:22,050
who has said that there is
extraterrestrial contact
631
00:34:22,134 --> 00:34:26,229
going on between Earth
and extraterrestrial factions.
632
00:34:26,314 --> 00:34:30,308
NARRATOR:
On December 30, 2013,
633
00:34:30,401 --> 00:34:33,478
in an international television
news broadcast,
634
00:34:33,562 --> 00:34:36,823
former Canadian Minister of
National Defense Paul Hellyer
635
00:34:36,982 --> 00:34:39,826
made the astonishing statement
that he has knowledge
636
00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:42,829
of extraterrestrials
visiting Earth.
637
00:34:42,988 --> 00:34:46,324
Why do you say that UFOs are
as real as the airplanes
638
00:34:46,408 --> 00:34:48,418
flying over our heads?
639
00:34:48,577 --> 00:34:51,079
Well, because I know
that they are.
640
00:34:51,163 --> 00:34:54,666
And they've been visiting this
planet for thousands of years.
641
00:34:54,750 --> 00:34:58,845
And there is what is called
a federation of these people,
642
00:34:59,004 --> 00:35:00,505
and they have rules.
643
00:35:00,598 --> 00:35:04,592
When I first went public
and I said that UFOs are as real
644
00:35:04,685 --> 00:35:06,845
as the airplanes going overhead,
645
00:35:06,929 --> 00:35:08,263
I got the dubious distinction
646
00:35:08,347 --> 00:35:10,014
of being the first person
of cabinet rank
647
00:35:10,099 --> 00:35:12,267
to, uh, to say it categorically.
648
00:35:12,351 --> 00:35:15,946
The elected people
have been kept in the dark.
649
00:35:16,105 --> 00:35:20,275
I would say both the president
and the Congress.
650
00:35:20,359 --> 00:35:23,036
There have been presidents
who've wanted to know
651
00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:26,039
what was going on,
so, yes, the situation,
652
00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:28,950
I think, is not well understood.
653
00:35:29,034 --> 00:35:31,619
And this has been
going on for decades.
654
00:35:31,712 --> 00:35:34,706
So that is a,
is a matter of concern,
655
00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:38,793
and I think, uh, should continue
to be a matter of concern,
656
00:35:38,886 --> 00:35:40,628
uh, especially for Americans
657
00:35:40,713 --> 00:35:42,889
but also for the people
of the world.
658
00:35:43,048 --> 00:35:47,561
CHILDRESS: So here we have
two senior military personnel,
659
00:35:47,645 --> 00:35:49,721
one from Israel,
one from Canada,
660
00:35:49,805 --> 00:35:53,483
who are basically saying yes,
extraterrestrials are here,
661
00:35:53,568 --> 00:35:58,646
UFO activity is real,
and certain governments
662
00:35:58,731 --> 00:36:03,234
of planet Earth are in contact
with these extraterrestrials.
663
00:36:03,327 --> 00:36:04,569
What's going on?
664
00:36:04,653 --> 00:36:07,739
Are these people almost, like,
665
00:36:07,823 --> 00:36:10,491
trying to disclose themselves?
666
00:36:10,576 --> 00:36:14,337
Or are they part
of a wider strategy
667
00:36:14,422 --> 00:36:18,166
involving many different nations
all around the world
668
00:36:18,250 --> 00:36:22,420
working to try and find
a way to get this out?
669
00:36:22,504 --> 00:36:25,182
It's a difficult one, because
you can't ignore the backstory.
670
00:36:25,341 --> 00:36:28,092
If it was just a question
of saying
671
00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:30,929
"UFOs are extraterrestrial,
it's all true,"
672
00:36:31,013 --> 00:36:34,107
then fair enough,
but the backstory
673
00:36:34,266 --> 00:36:38,603
is that "We've been lying to you
about this for nearly 80 years."
674
00:36:38,696 --> 00:36:43,533
So, you got to find a way
to get it out there in a way
675
00:36:43,618 --> 00:36:47,779
that exonerates governments
all around the world
676
00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:49,530
from complicity
677
00:36:49,615 --> 00:36:53,284
in this decades-long
cover-up and conspiracy.
678
00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:55,378
How to do that?
679
00:36:55,537 --> 00:36:58,882
Well, maybe use these people
who have retired
680
00:36:58,966 --> 00:37:03,294
but are still obviously
connected and they're players.
681
00:37:03,379 --> 00:37:05,722
At that level,
you don't ever really leave.
682
00:37:05,806 --> 00:37:09,309
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the extraordinary claims
683
00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:11,728
of former high-ranking
government officials
684
00:37:11,887 --> 00:37:15,890
like Haim Eshed
and Paul Hellyer are true?
685
00:37:15,975 --> 00:37:19,152
Are there world leaders
who are not only aware
686
00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:22,814
of extraterrestrials
but in contact with them?
687
00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:25,909
Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining
688
00:37:25,993 --> 00:37:29,904
a recent agreement
that details how NATO nations
689
00:37:29,989 --> 00:37:34,334
will protect each other's
interests beyond Earth.
690
00:37:39,757 --> 00:37:44,085
NARRATOR:
Brussels, June 2021.
691
00:37:44,169 --> 00:37:47,180
President of the United States
Joe Biden
692
00:37:47,339 --> 00:37:49,841
attends the 31st NATO summit
693
00:37:49,934 --> 00:37:53,344
along with 30 other
world leaders and dignitaries.
694
00:37:53,429 --> 00:37:57,440
Among the items on the agenda
is an agreement between members
695
00:37:57,599 --> 00:38:00,018
to expand the collective
defense clause,
696
00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:02,854
also known as Article 5.
697
00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:07,367
In addition to land, sea, air
and cyberspace,
698
00:38:07,451 --> 00:38:10,278
NATO nations will now protect
one another's safety
699
00:38:10,371 --> 00:38:14,541
and national interests in space.
700
00:38:14,625 --> 00:38:16,209
POPE:
What's particularly significant
701
00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:19,871
about this is it was
the first NATO summit
702
00:38:19,955 --> 00:38:21,622
that President Biden attended.
703
00:38:21,707 --> 00:38:25,126
So here we have
a-an incoming president
704
00:38:25,210 --> 00:38:29,806
who makes this a key part
of his initial business.
705
00:38:31,726 --> 00:38:34,635
There's no getting away
from the fact that space
706
00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:40,066
will be a key battlefield
in any future conflict.
707
00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:43,903
The only question arises,
conflict with who or what?
708
00:38:44,063 --> 00:38:46,573
Some people say the real forces
709
00:38:46,657 --> 00:38:49,659
that they're concerned about
are extraterrestrial.
710
00:38:51,662 --> 00:38:53,738
NARRATOR:
NATO leaders claim
711
00:38:53,822 --> 00:38:57,167
the expansion of Article 5 was
made to address their concerns
712
00:38:57,251 --> 00:38:59,836
about increasingly aggressive
behavior in space
713
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,246
by China and Russia.
714
00:39:02,331 --> 00:39:05,592
But could this actually be
the first collective agreement
715
00:39:05,751 --> 00:39:09,087
between nations preparing
for the possibility of a threat
716
00:39:09,171 --> 00:39:12,265
from an alien civilization?
717
00:39:12,424 --> 00:39:16,761
And is it one more step towards
greater government transparency?
718
00:39:16,854 --> 00:39:21,358
HOWE: We are at 2021
headed toward 2050,
719
00:39:21,442 --> 00:39:26,780
when Elon Musk says he will have
a million humans on Mars.
720
00:39:26,864 --> 00:39:30,867
Are we now, in the next decade,
going to be introduced
721
00:39:30,951 --> 00:39:36,122
to revelation after revelation,
country by country,
722
00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:41,702
treaty by treaty,
until the entire planet
723
00:39:41,796 --> 00:39:43,871
has finally stepped up
to the plate
724
00:39:43,956 --> 00:39:47,875
on all political
and military secrets?
725
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:49,552
Could it happen that way?
726
00:39:51,213 --> 00:39:53,798
POPE:
After nearly 80 years of denying
727
00:39:53,882 --> 00:39:56,726
and debunking and downplaying,
728
00:39:56,811 --> 00:40:02,065
now is the time for governments
to step forward and own this.
729
00:40:02,149 --> 00:40:07,904
Time and time again we see this
concept that cooperation is key.
730
00:40:08,063 --> 00:40:10,740
It's only when nations
collaborate
731
00:40:10,899 --> 00:40:13,910
that we will be able
to fully understand
732
00:40:14,069 --> 00:40:16,654
and respond
to the UFO phenomenon.
733
00:40:16,747 --> 00:40:18,739
Mr. Secretary General,
734
00:40:18,824 --> 00:40:20,992
honored guests
and distinguished delegates...
735
00:40:21,076 --> 00:40:23,161
TSOUKALOS:
In one of his speeches
736
00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:27,424
in 1987, President Reagan
made the suggestion
737
00:40:27,508 --> 00:40:31,761
that if Earth would receive
a threat from outer space,
738
00:40:31,846 --> 00:40:37,341
that this would unify world
cultures from around the planet.
739
00:40:37,426 --> 00:40:40,770
Can we and all nations
not live in peace?
740
00:40:40,855 --> 00:40:45,442
I occasionally think how quickly
our differences worldwide
741
00:40:45,601 --> 00:40:49,946
would vanish if we were
facing an alien threat,
742
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from outside this world.
743
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TSOUKALOS: I don't look
at the extraterrestrial question
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00:40:55,453 --> 00:41:00,123
as a threat, but rather
an extension of who we are
745
00:41:00,282 --> 00:41:03,034
or how we even
got here long ago.
746
00:41:03,127 --> 00:41:06,204
What if you have all the nations
around the world
747
00:41:06,288 --> 00:41:08,631
pull together their resources
748
00:41:08,790 --> 00:41:11,468
and research
the extraterrestrial question?
749
00:41:11,552 --> 00:41:15,138
And guess what.
There is an incredible chest--
750
00:41:15,297 --> 00:41:19,050
A war chest--
Of indications from the past
751
00:41:19,134 --> 00:41:25,806
all the way to the present that
what we see today is not new.
752
00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:27,984
NARRATOR:
Are world leaders
753
00:41:28,143 --> 00:41:30,978
beginning to seriously
consider the possibility
754
00:41:31,071 --> 00:41:33,156
that unidentified
aerial phenomena
755
00:41:33,315 --> 00:41:36,743
are, in fact,
of extraterrestrial origin?
756
00:41:36,827 --> 00:41:39,746
And could the profound
implications
757
00:41:39,830 --> 00:41:42,323
of an alien presence on Earth
758
00:41:42,407 --> 00:41:46,503
lead to greater collaboration
between nations,
759
00:41:46,587 --> 00:41:51,007
uniting to prepare
for an incredible new reality?
760
00:41:51,166 --> 00:41:54,001
Perhaps the visitors
in our skies
761
00:41:54,094 --> 00:41:56,596
have been watching us all along,
762
00:41:56,755 --> 00:42:00,016
and only when the world
comes together will it finally
763
00:42:00,175 --> 00:42:03,686
be revealed
that we are not alone.
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